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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
I don't know how texting is priced in my country nowadays, since Whatsapp became used more often than SMS here.
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Some time ago in the USA phone plans started being offered as unlimited minutes and texts. There are very few phone plans that are limited or charged by the minute or by the text. The major cellphone providers do not offer any that are not unlimited minutes or texts.
I know in Central and South America there are many who still pay for each minute and each text message. This makes WhatsApp so attractive since all you need is internet and you get unlimited talk and text. I've seen plans in Mexico that give you unlimited internet for WhatsApp (restricted data for everything else), but charge per minuted of talk and for each text message.
This is why WhatsApp isn't popular for most Americans.